Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 821

The National Crime Squad (Secretary of State's Objectives) Order 1999

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(a) to improve, in partnership, where appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies, the quality of operations leading to the arrest and prosecution of individuals, or the dismantling or disruption of criminal enterprises, engaged in serious and organised crime within or which impacts on the United Kingdom;

(b) having regard to the Command Paper entitled "Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain - the Government's Ten-Year Strategy for Tackling Drugs Misuse"[3], and in partnership, where appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies, to suppress the availability of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom-


(i) by reducing the unlawful manufacture and distribution of controlled drugs within the United Kingdom,

(ii) by reducing the quantity of such drugs entering the United Kingdom unlawfully, and

(iii) by the arrest and prosecution of individuals, leading to the dismantling or disruption of criminal enterprises engaged in serious and organised crime connected with drug trafficking.

Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State

Home Office
11th March 1999

[2] S.I. 1998/109back

[3] Cm. 3945.back